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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by pekk on Thursday July 02, 2015 @03:00PM (#9820874)
What distinguishes normal accountants from these apparently corrupt "government-sponsored accountants" who "cook the books"? Do they have pointy ears or forked tongues?
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Re:A Dutch city is giving money away to test the basic incom... by logfromblammo on Sunday July 05, 2015 @01:01PM (#9834109)
Normal accountants don't have 300 pages of federal regulations telling them exactly how they need to lie in their reports.

They have 20 pages of corporate guidelines telling them how they have to lie. Zing!

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